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New environment chief warning over rising sea levels and folly of fossil fuels
18 August 2008
Responding to the statement by Lord Smith, the head of the Environment Agency, warning the government over the impact of rising sea levels in the UK and voicing support for opposition to projects like the proposed Kingsnorth coal-fired power station and the third runway at Heathrow, Murray Benham, head of campaigns at the World Development Movement said:
“The government must take heed of this warning. It is absolute folly to push ahead with climate damaging projects like the third runway at Heathrow and the new coal power station at Kingsnorth. Climate change is not only threatening huge swathes of the UK’s coastline but also much of the land where the poorest people in the world live. We hope that Lord Smith will continue to use his influence to put real pressure on the government to drop these proposals.”
The World Development Movement has revealed that the Kingsnorth coal power station will annually emit more carbon than Ghana does each year. And that the third run way at Heathrow will emit as much carbon as Kenya does each year.
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